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> If you use AI like a quick answer machine, or quick example machine, they all outdo Google by a large margin. I mean, A) hallucinations still happen, and B)
by ToucanLoucan 2y ago
> If you use AI like a quick answer machine, or quick example machine, they all outdo Google by a large margin.
I mean, A) hallucinations still happen, and B) Google sucks anyway. I don't know of anyone at the company still using Google because we're largely an engineering outfit and all were aware as Google's search features slid into uselessness.
- bunderbunder 2y agoI find that the code I get from Copilot Chat frequently fails to do exactly what I asked, but it almost always at least hits on the portions of a library that I need to use to solve the problem, and gets me to that result much more quickly than most other ways of searching do these days.
- Nevermark 2y agoHallucinations (or more correctly labelled, confabulation) is a property of human beings as well. We fill in memories because they are not precise, sometimes inaccurately. More to the point, once you know that, having a search engine for ideas that can flexibly discuss them is a tremendous and unprecedented boon. A new tool, many (many) times better than Google ever was for many ordinary, sometimes extraordinary tasks. I don't understand the new gigantic carafe of water is half full viewpoint. Yes, it isn't perfect!? It is still incredibly useful.
- ToucanLoucan 2y ago> Hallucinations (or more correctly labelled, confabulation) is a property of human beings as well. Yeah and if, when I asked a coworker about a thing, he replied with flagrantly wrong bullshit and then doubled-down when criticized, I wouldn't ask him anything after that either.